SUFFOLK Jerry Thompson has always worked with his hands. For nearly 30 years, he was a mechanic for Lipton Tea. After work and on weekends, he customized classic cars in a garage behind his Whaleyville home. What he couldn't afford to buy, he made, bending metal and fabricating parts. But over the next few weeks, those hands will sift through the remains of what they once built.

House votes Suffolk Downs simulcast race extension With just days until a license is set to expire for Suffolk Downs, the House passed a bill yesterday giving the racetrack another month to simulcast races while lawmakers continue work on legislation allowing live racing to continue for the next two years at the track. Suffolk Downs? license to simulcast is due to expire March 31 and the bill ...